B&A Church Podcast

This week James continued our talk series on the Holy Spirit, leaning into the Power of God. Our reading was from Exodus 3:1-12 and James spoke on how to pray for God's purposes not our purposes and led us to ask ourselves the question "Do I want the power of God inside me?"

This week we started a new series on the Holy Spirit. Our reading was from Genesis 1 and Wayne spoke on what it really means when we pray Come Holy Spirit.

Ever wondered what Olympic Basketball, bikes and the church have in common? Over the summer we have been looking at what it means to be One Body: Jesus's Church. This week our reading was from Romans 12 and we looked at how we can belong together and use our gifts to serve the body.

This Sunday we have taken a break from Thessalonians to take time to respond to conversations in the Church of England about marriage and sex. James takes us on a journey through the gospels, looking at who met with Jesus and what Jesus had to say about marriage and sex.

This Sunday Wayne spoke from 2 Thessalonians 2 about the man of lawlessness. We can more fully trust God when we let Him put us in our place, when we let Him be in charge of history and when we choose to stand firm on His truth.

This Sunday Ro spoke from 2 Thessalonians 1 about the reality of Jesus's return and how we can truly love others and live a life worthy of His calling.

This Sunday Wendy looked at Paul's final instructions from 1 Thessalonians and led us through reflections on gratitude, being church family and the way we welcome the Holy Spirit in our lives. The one who calls you is faithful and he will do it! Wendy recommends the 3-minute Reset podcast by Pat Lencioni and Chris Stefanick - a tool for those with busy working lives to stop and connect: https:...

This week we continued in our series on Paul's letters to the Thessalonians. Charles spoke from 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 about the return of Jesus and how we can be ready.

If you had your freedom to gather at church taken away from you, what would it be like when it was given back? Would you be more radical in your pursuit of Jesus Christ? This Sunday Ron spoke from Philippians chapter 1 about how we can partner with God to share he good news even when we feel weak. With stories about what it's really like for persecuted Christians around the world this is a pow...

Our reading this week was 1 Thessalonians 4:1-12. Wayne spoke about pursuing pleasing God, pursuing sexual purity and pursuing humility with our identity established in Jesus.

This Sunday our reading was from 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13. Denise talked about the battles and blessings that come when we say yes to Jesus, telling stories of her own transformative experiences of sharing her faith with her family and challenging us that God is often doing so much more than we can immediately see.

This Sunday Paul spoke from 1 Thessalonians 2:17 - 3:5 about living counter culturally. Through historical context from the early Thessalonian church and stories from his time in Burundi during the Rwandan genocide, we see just what community meant for the church then and why we still need it now.

Who do you live to please? This Sunday Wayne talked about how we can live a life that communicates the real faith that we looked at a couple of weeks ago. The reading was from 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-16.

This Sunday we welcomed James Aladiran, founder of Prayer Storm, to the Gathering at B&A. James spoke about receiving Jesus every day and how we can live under His governance as temples of His glory.

This week something went wrong when we recorded the talk so Wayne has recorded a podcast version for us (after he tore up his notes!). This is the first in our new series looking at Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians. Wayne talks us through chapter 1 of 1 Thessalonians and how real faith is really seen, it comes from real experience and it has to be really shared.

This Sunday, Paul landed our series on Bringing Bristol to Jesus by taking us on a walk along the road to Emmaus and encouraging us to make time to encounter Jesus and help our friends to do the same.

In March we're following on from our vision and values talks from the start of the year with a new series on the rhythms that help us draw closer to Jesus. In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is teaching the people and he begins with 'when you give...', 'when you pray...' and 'when you fast...' This week Wayne spoke about prayer and the Lord's prayer which Jesus taught his d...

In March we're following on from our vision and values talks from the start of the year with a new series on the rhythms that help us draw closer to Jesus. In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is teaching the people and he begins with 'when you give...', 'when you pray...' and 'when you fast...' This week Ron spoke about giving a tenth of our income. We got to see his impressive...

In March we're following on from our vision and values talks from the start of the year with a new series on the rhythms that help us draw closer to Jesus. In Matthew chapter 6 Jesus is teaching the people and he begins with 'when you give...', 'when you pray...' and 'when you fast...' Charles kicked things off this week speaking to us about fasting.

Our reading this week was from 1 Corinthians 12. James spoke about what it means to radically live out our identity as the body of Christ.

Our Church values are simple: Faith, Hope and Love. Here, Ro unpacks what it looks like to be people of faith and shares stories of her experience depending on Jesus.

Wayne talks us through John 3:16 and John 8:1-11 and what actually happens when we bring people to Jesus.

James & Ro introduce us to a tool called Jesus at the door to help us introduce our friends to Jesus.

Wayne introduces the 2024 vision values to the church family through three well-known and well-loved verses; 1 Corinthians 1:13, Jeremiah 29:11 and John 3:16.

James Stevenson launches "Bringing Bristol to Jesus" the next step in B&A's vision for the city.